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May 7, 2012

Memorial Day Weekend batches bottled!

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Sorry for not posting for a long time, life has been kinda crazy lately and updating the blog on my beer brewing hasn’t been top of the priority list. I am back though and hope to post a lot more as I continue brewing.

 

Over the weekend I bottled two batches of beer for Memorial Day weekend. We go camping every year with a ton of friends and family and it’s always nice to be able to share my beer with them.

 

This year I brewed up a batch of Surly Furious, a pro kit from Northern Brewer, and a batch of Honey Weizen, also from Northern Brewer. I only got about 40 bottles of the Surly Furious, but it smells amazing. Can’t wait to taste it when it’s carbed and cold as it’s a bit bitter and odd tasting without those things. The Honey Weizen came out a bit stronger on the alcohol, but still a nice session beer.

 

Can’t wait to try both of these beers. Will try to remember to take pics of them once poured and post them on the site.

 

Remember, relax and have a homebrew!

 

-Borbosha

December 9, 2011

“Over Inflated Rubber Thing”, a Fat Tire clone!

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I love brew day! The amazing aromas coming from the kitchen, filling the house will the smell of hops and boiling wort, and the enjoyment of making my very own tasty beer!

 

Yesterday I spent my evening brewing up my next batch of beer. This was another extract recipe, a custom made beer kit from my homebrew store (Stomp Them Grapes), that was designed to clone a Fat Tire from New Belgium Brewing.

 

The recipe was simple. It included only 5 different specialty grains, 6.5 lbs of LME, and 2 different types of hops, but the smell and taste were amazing. The fermentation started after about 2 hours and was going strong by the next morning. The color has lightened quite a bit and the airlock is very active. I can’t wait until it is ready to drink.

 

-Borbosha

November 28, 2011

Excellent Thanksgiving!

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Well another Thanksgiving is in the bag.

 

Had an amazing time with family and friends. Got some well needed rest and gaming time in and was able to hit the ground running today at work. The beer and cider were well received and enjoyed by all. I can honestly say that this was my favorite year so far for Thanksgiving.

 

Hope you all had a wonderful year and are recovering well from your food comas, and always remember to relax and have a homebrew.

 

Cheers!

-Borbosha

November 16, 2011

Hard Apple Cider!

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My sister and I decided we were going to make some hard apple cider to take with us to Thanksgiving at our dad’s. We started with 4 gallons of pure apple juice and added a little over a cup of brown sugar per gallon. We fermented them with champagne yeast right in their own bottles. Once they fermented down completely we added some chemicals to stop fermentation so we could add some more apple juice for bottling to increase the sweetness. We also decided to add some cherry flavor to about 1.5 gallons of the batch before bottling to see how it turned out.

 

Both of these taste AMAZING!

 

Added some custom bottle labels using some standard paper, printed at FedEx Office, and attached to the bottles with a glue stick. Personally, I think they turned out quite well.

 

What do you think?

 

October 17, 2011

Data loss and sad faces

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So I use an app on my iPad called iBrewmaster to keep track of all my recipes and brewing schedule. Well, when I went to update to iOS 5 I completely forgot to backup the iPad. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue as the updates don’t usually fail and all your data is safe. However, this time I ran into some problems and had to restore from my last backup which was July 24th :cry: . Because of this I have lost data on my latest 3 batches of beer as well as my friends batch that he brewed using my equipment. The worst part of the loss is that my Christmas competition batch, “Reindeer Piss”, was one of those and the recipe had been adjusted so I don’t have the recipe anymore. Hopefully I will be able to get a re-printed receipt from my brew store to get the recipe again. If not then I will just have to make something new for next year.

 

The moral of this story is to ALWAYS backup your data, especially before you run a major software update.

 

-Borbosha

October 5, 2011

Welcome!

Welcome to Borbosha Homebrew!

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Welcome to Borbosha Homebew!

 

What is Borbosha Homebew you ask? Well, it’s really quite simple. I am Borbosha, and this blog talks about my Homebrew. I will also be using it to post my reviews and opinions on commercial beers, as well as other homebrew beers!

 

A little about myself

I got into homebrewing in January of 2011 after receiving a homebrew kit for Christmas. My first batch of homebrew was the simplest recipe one could imagine. It consisted of two cans of malt extract, one of which was pre-hopped, and five gallons of water. Less than an hour after starting I had my first batch brewing. Since then I have moved into a partial-extract brewing method where I use extracts for the bulk of the sugars but use specialty grains, steeped in hot water for at least 30 minutes, to add flavoring. I also do a full 1 hour boil to add hops and other additions. Since moving into this method I have been much happier with the results and want to move to all-grain brewing eventually.

 

Where I hope to go with this blog

Being new to homebrewing I hope for this site to be a way for me to document my learning process. Hopefully this blog will come in handy for someone else, or at least inspire them to try homebrewing themselves. But even if this blog goes nowhere, at least I will have a log of my brewing.

 

So once again, welcome to Borbosha Homebrew! I hope you enjoy the site and I look forward to your comments and criticism!

 

-Borbosha

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